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JOHN HARRIS AND JOSIAH LUCAS, OF BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNORS TO A. HARRIS, SON & CO., (LIMITED) OF SAME PLACE.

HARVESTER-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,994, dated September 28, 1886.

A pplicatiou ilcd May lll, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, Jouxv HARnis, of the city of Brantford, in the county of Brant, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and J osLU-I LUCAS, of the saine place, have jointly invented certain new and usefulmprovenients in ItIarvester-Binders; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine.

The object of the invention is to produce a harvester-binder which can be more easily folded up than those at present in use, so the machine, when folded up, should occupy a narrower space in width than usual, so that a farmer may be enabled to drive it through a narrower gateway; and it consists in pivoting and supporting` the packer-deck and packing and binding apparatus in a bearing whose center is that of the packer-shaft, thus zo affording more of a rocking or rolling motion and less leverage during the act ot' folding than if the folding apparatus were hinged at its inner side.

Figure l is a perspective view of the machine when the packing and binding apparatus have been let down into position for work. In this view part of the table and cross-sill are broken away, so as to show one of the movable hangers in the position it assumes 3o when the machine is ready for work. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the machine when the packing and binding apparatus are rolled up, being held in this position by a hook attaehed to the main `frame hooked into an eye 55 in the knotter-shaft. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the clearing-roller A, showing the lugs or projections and the iron straps and their mode of attachment to the tie-piece of the partition adjoining the canvas. Fig. JC is 4o a cross-section through said roller and the fixed deck B. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the packer-shaft and its mode of support, the movable hangers, and the inner and outer tubes supporting the frame-work ofthe packerdeck. In this view the machine is shown as when folded up, thc said packer-shalt acting as the central or pivoting support during the operation ol' folding up the binder-table ofthe machine.

Serial No. 165,539. (No model.)

In this machine neither the squared end of 5o the packer-shaft nor the sheet-iron cover near the elevating-canvas need be removed or disconnected previous to folding up the binder, and will admit of being rolled or folded by the strength of a boy, owing to the lesser leverage and the balancing motion caused by the central pivoting.

The slanting deck in this machine is a fixture, and we have added a clearing-roller, A, with projecting lugs a and straps b, to assist 6o in forcing the grain over it into the packers.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A is the extra or clearing roller, which is about on a horizontal line with the top roller 6 5 of the lower elevating-canvas, so as to prevent the grain lodging when delivered from the elevating-canvases, and it is designed, in connection with the lugs or projections c and straps Z), to assist in carrying grain over the 7o surface of the deck B to the packers. This roller derives its motion from a sprocketwheel, C, (sce Fig. 1,) and short chain c, connected with a sprocket-wheel, X, on the spindle of the upper roller of the lower elevatingcanvas. This clearing-roller is supported by metal spindles ruiming in iron boxes fastened to the harvesterframe. On this clearingroller are two rows of lugs, a, placed on either side, each row containing about five or six. 8o Their function is to prevent the grain lodging when delivered from the elevating-canvases, and to assist in carrying it across the standing-deck B to the packers. At the rear end of this clearing-roller a couple of these lugs are omitted, so that they may not injure the heads of the grain. These lugs are placed in line, with spaces between, through which pass straps Z), of the forni shown in Fig. 4. The lower ends of the straps are fastened to the 9o cross-tie piece on the main frame of the liarvester, the other ends being loose and resting on the top of the slanting deck B. There are two or three straps which run over that part of the reall end of the roller where there are no lugs. A lug at the front end of the .roller canvas-adj ustcr.

to prevent the grain falling between the slanting deck and the roller. v

F and G are hollow cast-iron pillars. They both work laterally on aT-shaped slidebolted to the top ofthe cross-sill I-I, and move along with the rest of the frame-work when the machine is adj usted by means of the lever-arm I,

, upper ends of thesesupports or pillars are furnished with jaws h, through which pass pins, thus inclosing the round end L of the packershaft. The upper ends of the supports F and G are also hollowed out in a circular form, so as to form beds or cradles for the circular hubs,

' which form part of the iron frame-work t of the packer-deck.

j is a lug on the front pillar, F, for the purpose of causing the pillar to move with the binding mechanism when adjusted by the lever-arm I.

M is a square bar sliding through a square hole in a sprocket wheel. This sprocketwheel runs in a bearing, Z, attached to the main frame, and communicates its motion, by means of the square bar M and round shaft L, to the packing and binding mechanisms, respectively. The other or inner end of this square bar fits into a square hole in the'end of the double packer crank, and is secured in position by the spring m,- having at its end a lug, which fits into a hole in the double packer-crank. The round end L of the packershaf't is supported, as before mentioned, directly from underneath by the supporters F and G, and this round shaft T.and square bar M are in a direct line, and always retain their relative position,whether the machine is folded up or not. The two shafts L and M and double crank connecting them may be termed the packer-shaft, and on this packer-shaft, as a center, the binder-table is turned.

O and P are two movable hangers placed in the relative position shown in the drawings. The hanger O, near the front end of the machine, is the larger of the two. Their upper ends are formed into loops q, through which loops pass the inner tube, J. The other or lower ends of these hangers are bent, forming toes q, which act as stops against the hollow casting r on the inner face of the cross-sill II. These hangers work through castings s and of', and are made of such a length that when the machine is unrolled and ready for work these toes or stops q rest against the bottom of the cast-ings r on the inner face of the cross-sill, as mentioned, the other casting, s, being bolted to the outer face of the breast-board Q.y

J is an inner tube or pipe extending the full width ofthe packer-deck and rigidly connected with ,the iron frame-work t by fitting closely through holes cast in said frame-work t. The rear end is connected by thelever arm I to the adjuster, as before mentioned.

Ris an outer tube, made and connected to the frame-work in a manner similar to the inner tube, J. On these two tubes J and Rand on the iron-work t rests the wooden framework of the binder-table.

When the binder table is folded up, as shown in Fig. 2, all that is necessary to do in order to throw the machine into working position, as shown in Fig. 1, is to unhook the hook before referred to, (which is attached to the main frame and hooked into an eye on the knotter shaft,) and by slightly tilting the packing and binding apparatus it falls or rolls round the packer-shaft into the position shown in Fig. 1, the movable hangers O and I? moving in the manner as indicated in the drawings, whilc the packing or binding apparatus, having the greater part of the weight on the outer side of the packer-shaft, retains its position, after having been rolled, by the force of gravity.

The invention is designed to furnish a machine to the public which will do its work in a simple, expeditious, and effective manner; which will occupy less width in passing through a gateway, and which, owing to the method of central pivoting, can be'rolled or folded 'without any exertion and without the detachment of any of its parts, as has hitherto been the case.

We do not claim, broadly, a clearing-roller arranged between the top of the elevatingcanvas and the binding-table, for we are aware that such has been proposed.

Vhat we claim as our invention is- 1. The combination, with the harvester and the binding-table thereof, ofthe roller A, having lugs a, and the straps b, arranged to rest between said lugs, and having their lower ends fastened to the main frame and their upper ends loose and resting on the top of the slanting deck B, the rear end of said roller having smooth periphery, substantially as and for the purpose specified.`

2. The combination, with the packer-shaft and Athe packing and binding apparatus, of bearings arranged to support the frame-work of said binding and packing apparatus, all constructed and arranged substantially as described, whereby the same may be folded on a pivot whose center shall correspond with that of said packer-shaft, substantial] y as described.

3. The binding-table and pillars arranged to support and form pivot bearings for thc frame carrying the packing and binding ap- IOO rioA

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paratus, in combination with the lug j on one of said pillars and bearings formed on the cross-sill in such a manner that the pillars may be moved laterally with the binder-table without disconnecting them from the cross-sill, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4., The stop-rod O, having a looped end, y,

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through which the pipeJ passes, and a toe or with the binder-platform, the shaft on which Ic enlargement at its other end, in combination it is pivoted, the bar J, and the bearings or with the binder-platform, the shaft on which castings o' and s, the whole being arranged subit is pivoted, the bar J and a guide arranged stantiolly as and for the purpose speoied.

to hold the hanger O to the Sill H, while per- JOHN HARRIS. mitting it to have suoient longitudinal move- J OSIAH LUCAS. ment to allow of the rolling of the table. Vitnesses:

' 5. The stop-rod O, having a looped end, q', T. M. HARRIS,

and a toe, q, at its other end, in combination H. M. DENNISS. 

